The airport baggage claim is another location where frenzied traveller behaviour is on show. Email travel@stuff.co.nzREAD MORE:* The secret to a free long-haul bed on your next flight* Travel etiquette: Should there be child-free zones on planes? Jenny Evans/Getty Images The baggage claim area of Sydney Domestic Terminal. 123RF Suitcase on conveyor belt in the baggage claim at airport. There are ways you can avoid the hassle of the baggage claim.

A MUM has revealed a big mistake that parents make when flying with their kids that will make travelling more stressful than it needs to be. From that, the main thing they swear by is boarding the plane last, even if you're invited to board first as a family. Other parents have backed up the Weirs' advice, saying that boarding the plane first with kids is always a big mistake. Travel show host Samantha Brown has a lot of experience of plane journeys and in more recent years has started taking her young children on trips too. Elsewhere, a flight attendant has revealed which seats parents should choose when travelling with young children to make the trip as easy as possible.

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First land-based commercial whitebait farm launches in Bluff5 December 2022Whitebait commercially and sustainably available year-round – how does that sound? It’s a prospect with the launch of New Zealand’s first land-based commercial whitebait farm in Bluff on Monday. The operation would be capable of taking pressure off wild fisheries and boosting wild stocks. A 16-year project led by Manāki Whitebait has outgrown its Warkworth facility to relocate to the site of the former Ocean Beach meat works. Manāki is owned by Tahu Whaoa Group Holdings, the commercial arm of the Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whaoa Runanga Trust.

The airport say that space is key to keeping a harmonious atmosphere at the baggage reclaim, while double checking bags is also important, according to stuff.co.nz. The airport said that they will always pick an appropriately sized baggage carousel to accommodate all the passengers from each flight. The app tracks when your suitcase will appear on the conveyor belt at baggage reclaim - or if it's still at your departure airport, if you're unlucky. The etiquette tips could help passengers avoid scenes like this when a brawl broke out at airport baggage reclaim. This is how to avoid waiting for a long time at airport luggage reclaim and why your luggage is often delayed.

Westpac’s weekly economic commentary notes that New Zealand house prices are down 12% from their peak in November 2021, whereas sales are at their lowest level since 2011 (barring the 2020 lockdown). Westpac also warns that “more than half of all mortgages will come up for re-fixing in the next twelve months, and many borrowers will face large increases in their debt servicing costs”. The extent of mortgage tightening facing Kiwi borrowers was outlined in more detail in a separate Westpac report released a few weeks earlier. It showed that the ‘effective’ average mortgage rate that New Zealand borrowers are paying will roughly double in 2023 as these fixed rate mortgages are repriced:“For example, a borrower who fixed their mortgage at 2.7% in 2020 will now face refixing at a rate over 6%”, according to Westpac. In turn, Westpac forecasts “that nationwide house prices will fall by a further 10% over 2023 and 2024 combined.

Prime MInister Jacinda Ardern said the Government is working to fix the change made to the Three Waters legislation that she now concedes was a 'mistake'. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Labour made a “mistake” in passing a controversial entrenchment clause in a Three Waters bill, but won’t say how the mistake was made. The Government on Sunday confirmed it would be unwinding the clause Labour voted through in the Water Service Entities bill, after outcry that it was threatening New Zealand’s constitution. Ardern, speaking to RNZ on Monday, admitted Labour had made a “mistake”, but was unwilling to specify how it occurred and said the "team” was responsible. Stuff/Stuff Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it was a mistake to include an entrenchment clause in Three Waters legislation.

The process of moving baggage from the hold of the aircraft to the baggage carousel is time consuming. Chaotic parking of baggage trolleys can be a major source of frustration when trying to access the carousel. Consider the incident in 2018 when a 2-year-old boy was brought on a conveyor belt into the baggage handling system at Oakland Airport. “For health and safety reasons, we also do not recommend that children ride on bag trolleys. I have.”123 RF Suitcases on the conveyor belt at the airport baggage claim.

The Labour Party will have felt some relief that last night’s1 News / Kantar pollwas not the catastrophe ofthe last televised poll, which punctured the lung of its conference weekend. But there’s no...

Dog walkers are reclaiming their local park after a man was stabbed multiple times while out walking his dog last Monday. Video / Geoff Sloan / ODTDog walkers are reclaiming their local park after a man was stabbed multiple times while out walking his dog last Monday. Video / Geoff Sloan / ODTAn 18-year-old who allegedly stabbed a man multiple times as he walked his dog now faces a murder charge. It’s alleged the man was then stabbed multiple times. It will also cover air travel for immediate family members outside of New Zealand, funeral costs, and counselling costs as the family recovers from their loss.

[Source: World Rugby Sevens]New Zealand is not expected to hold Sevens World Series tournaments from 2024. World Rugby has announced a remodeled Series with only seven tournaments. Article continues after advertisementNew Zealand has held sevens tournaments on the world circuit since 2000. World Rugby’s new vision for the shortened game will see its world series reduced to “seven rounds in seven iconic across seven months”. It has not yet revealed where all seven rounds will be staged.

New Zealand to miss out on hosting future Sevens World Series tournamentsNew Zealand to miss out on hosting future Sevens World Series tournaments[Image: stuff.co.nz]World Rugby is poised to scrap the New Zealand sevens tournament, as part of its revamp of the shortened format's world series. Next month's Hamilton event will be the first since 2020, after the COVID-19 pandemic forced a two-year hiatus - but it will now also be the last in the foreseeable future, as the international body cuts the number of tournaments on its calendar. The decision will end New Zealand's 23-year presence on the world circuit, dating back to the Wellington tournament that formed part of the inaugural edition in 2000. Meanwhile, the Cape Town 7s will be this weekend. [Source: newshub]

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The Reserve Bank has just raised interest rates and is talking about raising them further early next year. Asked, the Governor of the Reserve Bank, Adrian Orr, stated that the Bank is ‘deliberately trying to slow aggregate spending in the economy. The Reserve Bank, and others, expect the slowdown will cause a recession early next year, which in this context probably means negative economic growth and higher unemployment. The Bank has indicated that it is uncertain whether the recession will be long and shallow or short and sharp. It also reminds us that the Reserve Bank is not able to make very precise interventions either in terms of magnitude or timing.